Liberalism is the political and social philosophy that promotes democracy, freedom, civil liberties, and limited government intervention.

Universities’ own mistakes helped pave the way for government attacks on academic freedom, Emily Chamlee-Wright writes.

The degradation of liberal education in America is anything but a niche public-policy concern. Like all rights-protecting democracies – and especially as a 21 st-century great power with globe ...

Since the Founding, Americans have upheld liberal education—as opposed to an education that prepares one for political, economic, or intellectual subservience—as the ideal preparation for self ...

Liberal education is taught by the greatest minds. They are the inheritors of Socrates, and we are all their pupils. We must be careful not to use the term "great" lightly, for there are none of these ...

The interview has been edited for length and clarity. Q: In traditional U.S. higher education, what is a liberal education? Is it what we now call a liberal arts education? Liberal arts education ...

Are students and parents beginning to see value in a liberal arts degree amid a still-strong bias towards engineering, ...

Many Catholics have heard of the liberal arts movement, but most do not associate it with elementary or high-school-level education. Catholic universities that specialize in the traditional ...

The future therefore requires the kind of nuanced, contextual thinking that a liberal arts education fosters. Rather than narrowing their pedagogical focus to technical skills, universities should ...

Data on colleges’ return on investment (ROI) from the Foundation for Research on Equal Opportunity, my former employer, allows us to investigate whether a liberal arts education is worth the cost.

Liberal education provides a broad understanding of the sciences and humanities, and emphasizes critical thinking. And it instills the values and skills needed to meet life’s challenges and enable ...